You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months in jail in Spain, and these two months were the most enjoyable and happy in my life. Before my jail period, I was always nervous, anxious. I didn't know if I should make a drawing, or perhaps make a poem, or go to the movies or the theatre, or catch a girl, or play with the boys. The people put me in jail, and my life became divine. Tremendous!

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.

The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets

Everything alters me, but nothing changes me.

I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.

Sometimes I spit on my mother's portrait for pleasure.

I don't need drugs. I am drugs.